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Election's affect on federal programs, gender-affirming care
Nov 1, 2024 · Others, including Wilson, warned that the most vulnerable trans and nonbinary people — including those enrolled in Medicaid — would be disproportionately impacted by a federal ban.
TX bathroom law targets trans community with 10k civil suits
Nov 6, 2024 · At a contentious open meeting in Texas last month, the Odessa city council banned transgender individuals from using bathrooms, locker rooms, changing areas, showers, and other similar public ...
Here are the trans Americans lost to violence in 2024
Oct 25, 2024 · Kitty Monroe, a 43-year-old transgender Latina, was the U.S. trans community’s first known victim of fatal violence in 2024. She was killed January 1 in Phoenix, run over with a truck driven by ...
Anti-trans legislation risk map: State breakdown - Advocate.com
Feb 20, 2024 · Multiple states have passed laws ending all legal recognition for trans people. As such, starting this year, adult risk levels for trans people will be tracked on its own map.
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Transgender People Killed as GOP Pushes Anti-Trans Laws
Nov 20, 2023 · The report found that 90 percent of those killed were people of color. Seven out of ten were transgender women and more than 6 out of 10 were Black trans women. Of the victims, the average age was ...
Harper Steele: Trans people can't be sacrificed in politics
Nov 12, 2024 · Comedy writer Harper Steele is fed up with those who are blaming transgender people for Kamala Harris’s loss of the presidential election to Donald Trump. Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ + news ...
Rep-elect Sarah McBride on blaming trans people for Harris defeat
6 days ago · The two representatives who scapegoated transgender people after the election have faced intense backlash, including from organizations like the Young Democrats of America. Meanwhile, transgender ...
John Oliver slams Democrats blaming trans people for loss
5 days ago · If you're "pointing the blame at one specific demographic" for Democrats' losses in last week's elections, you're gravely "missing the mark," according to John Oliver.